Periop Pulse For many patients scheduled for brain surgery, having their entire head shaved during prep so that proper incisions are made can be distressing and damaging to their self-esteem. A little over a year ago, Ezequiel Goldschmidt, MD, a neurosurgeon at Hoag Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute and Hoag Family Cancer Institute…
WZTV-TV in Nashville reports that it received an email from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) stating that it is halting gender-affirming plastic surgeries for adults. VUMC is in the process of contacting impacted patients regarding the new policy changes, says the TV station, which adds that VUMC released this statement on…
UPMC Cole, a rural health network serving north-central Pennsylvania and south-central New York, is breaking ground on a 5.5-megawatt solar farm, the first within the UPMC system. Upon completion, UPMC says the farm will generate enough clean energy to meet nearly all the electricity needs of UPMC Cole’s Coudersport, Pa., hospital…
Just a note that the opportunity to submit Presentation Proposals for the inaugural Periop Leader Week event, formerly the OR Manager Conference, remains open until March 9 via this link. Our community of perioperative clinical, business and operational leaders from large health systems, small and mid-sized hospitals, and ASCs will…
What exactly should the hospital of the future look like? Many in academia and beyond have taken a swing at this question. The latest to do so is Timothy Hoff, PhD, professor of management, healthcare systems and health policy at Northeastern University in Boston, and associate fellow at Green Templeton…
A new study published last week in NEJM Catalyst examines the how the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and remote video interpretation (RVI) tools to overcome language barriers with Spanish-speaking patients in surgical care is perceived by those patients. Researchers from Mass General Brigham Department of Surgery’s Center for Surgery and…
A report from WILX-TV in Lansing, Mich., examines the plight of rural hospitals in the Wolverine State. It’s the latest in a string of recent mainstream media reports that put the plight of rural hospitals in front of the general public. “Rural hospitals say their health care services are at…
What do hospital leaders actually want from staffing firms? A leader and former RN at one of those staffing firms put herself in your shoes and published an article on Staffing Industry Analysis that she believes answers that question. Acknowledging that the relationship between hospital leaders and staffing partners “often feels…
If you suspect patients who have undergone orthopedics and other procedures at your facility aren’t doing their postoperative physical therapy (PT) homework as much as they should be, a new survey by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center not only will confirm those suspicions but will put an eye-popping…
An article published in STAT this week asks this simple but devastating question: “When IV opioids are in short supply at the hospital, who gets pain relief?” “When there is not enough pain medicine to go around, who gets it? The teenager in agony after a crushed leg, or the…
